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Video description:Jason (a male with short brown hair wears black sunglasses and a short sleeve blue polo shirt) sits in front of a dark grey background and signs into the camera.

Video transcript:​Hello. I'm Jason Herbers. I am DeafBlind. I am from Cincinnati, Ohio. I am a DeafBlind interpreter educator at the college level. I use ProTactile American Sign Language, because before I lost my vision I used visual American Sign Language and loved the language, the expression of it, but once I lost my vision I switched to using PTASL and I felt connected to the world again. Everything became clear. I was able to connect with people and follow conversations, and I felt good about that. #WhyISignPTASL

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Header image credit: "Deaf-Blind Camp of Maryland Visits NASA Goddard" by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, used under CC BY / Color altered from originalRSA Grant H160D160005. The DeafBlind Interpreting National Training & Resource Center grant at Western Oregon University is funded from 2017 to 2021 by the U.S. Department of Education RSA CFDA #84.160D, Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf and Individuals Who Are DeafBlind.